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William M. Evarts to Gideon Welles, 27 November 1868

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  • Title: William M. Evarts to Gideon Welles, 27 November 1868
  • Date: November 27, 1868
  • Creator(s): William M. Evarts | Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: nar.00707
  • Source: National Archives and Records Administration. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the manuscripts, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Elizabeth Lorang John Schwaninger Nima Najafi Kianfar Kevin McMullen
  • Cite this page: Evarts, William M. and Walt Whitman. "William M. Evarts to Gideon Welles, 27 November 1868." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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November 27, 1868. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Sir: I have the honor to enclose copy of an opinion rendered to the President upon the construction of the recent act of Congress regulating the hours of labor in a day's work. I believe that you will find that this opinion covers all the considerations applicable to the inquiries on the subject of this law, as affecting the regulation of labor, under the employment of the Navy Deparmtent, submitted to me in your letter of the 28th of September ultimo. Accordingly, I beg you will receive the enclosed copy of that opinion as a response to your communication on the same subject. I have the honor to be, Your obd't serv't, Wm. M. Evarts, Attorney General
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